Alpena County Regional Airport

Alpena County Regional Airport (IATA: APN, ICAO: KAPN, FAA LID: APN) is a county-owned, public-use, joint civil-military airport in Alpena County, Michigan, United States.[1] The airport is located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) west of the central business district of Alpena,[1] off of M-32 . It straddles the boundary between Maple Ridge Township on the north and Wilson Township on the south. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline, an affiliate of Delta Connection, with freight services provided by an affiliate of FedEx Feeder

For the military use of this facility prior to 1957, see Alpena Air Force Station.
Alpena County Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCounty of Alpena
ServesAlpena, Michigan
LocationMaple Ridge Township/
Wilson Township
Elevation AMSL690 ft / 210 m
Coordinates45°04′41″N 083°33′37″W
WebsiteAlpenaAirport.com
Map
APN
Location of airport in Michigan
APN
APN (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 9,001 2,744 Concrete
7/25 5,028 1,533 Concrete
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2015)5,902
Based aircraft (2017)20
Total passengers served (12 months ending Jan 2017)18,400

It is said to be the "Proud home of Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center," the host unit of the Michigan Air National Guard's Alpena Air National Guard Base.[3]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 7,519 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 7,638 enplanements in 2009, and 8,737 in 2010.[5] It is included in the FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.[6]

Facilities and aircraft

Alpena County Regional Airport covers an area of 3,084 acres (1,248 ha) at an elevation of 690 feet (210 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with concrete surfaces: 1/19 is 9,001 by 150 feet (2,744 × 46 m) and 7/25 is 5,028 by 100 feet (1,533 × 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2015, the airport had 5,902 aircraft operations (down from 9,790 in 2010), an average of 16 per day: 44% military, 33% general aviation, and 23% scheduled commercial. In May 2017, there were 20 aircraft based at this airport: 12 single-engine, 6 multi-engine, 1 helicopter and 1 military.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Delta Connection Detroit, Pellston (resumes March 2, 2021)

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
FedEx Feeder Flint

Other history

Several scenes of the film Die Hard 2 were shot there.[upper-alpha 1] The location was chosen in part because there was a need for snow, and the producers expected Alpena to produce. However, due to a lack of snowfall, artificial snow had to be used.[9] Consequently, other filming was done at Kincheloe Air Force Base in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.[10][11]

Ridership statistics
Busiest domestic routes out of APN
(October 2019 – September 2020)[12]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Detroit, Michigan 8,000 Delta

References

Notes
  1. Bruce Willis and the film crew of Die Hard 2 used Alpena's airport to shoot several scenes of the film. Although the location was selected because snow was expected to be integral to the movie (and was moved from Denver's Stapleton Airport which had no snow), a dearth of precipitation in Alpena necessitated the use of artificial snow.[7][8]

Citations
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for APN PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective May 25, 2017.
  2. Michigan Department of Transportation. Measures of Michigan Air Carrier Demand Archived January 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Michigan.gov, Retrieved January 8, 2013
  3. "APN – Alpena Regional Airport".
  4. "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  5. "Enplanements for CY 2010 (PDF, 189 KB)" (PDF). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  6. "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 21, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  7. "Ten famous films shot in Michigan". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  8. "Die Hard 2" (PDF). Michigan Business forums. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  9. Die Hard 2 at IMDb.
  10. "What airport was Die Hard 2 filmed in? They say in the movie that it is Dulles, but I know Dulles and that isn't Dulles". Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  11. Die Hard 2 movie credits
  12. Alpena, MI: Alpena County Regional (APN) Scheduled Services except Freight/Mail, Retrieved March 2016

Other sources
  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-2009-0160) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Ninety-day notice (July 14, 2009): from Mesaba Aviation, Inc. of its intent to discontinue unsubsidized scheduled air service at the following communities, effective October 12, 2009: Paducah, KY; Alpena, MI; Muskegon, MI; Hancock, MI; Sault Ste. Marie, MI; International Falls, MN; Tupelo, MS and Eau Claire, WI.
  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-2009-0300) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Memorandum (November 19, 2009): closing out docket DOT-2009-0160 and opening up eight new dockets for the various communities (Alpena, MI; Eau Claire, WI; Hancock/Houghton, MI; International Falls, MN; Muskegon, MI; Paducah, KY; Sault Ste. Marie, MI; Tupelo, MS).
    • Order 2010-5-18 (May 13, 2010): setting final past-period subsidy rates for Mesaba Airlines, Inc., d/b/a Delta Connection, for its forced service at Alpena and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, International Falls, Minnesota, and Tupelo, Mississippi. Also selecting Mesaba to provide essential air service (EAS) at three of these four communities on a prospective basis. At the fourth community, Tupelo, we are tentatively selecting Mesaba to provide service based on a pro-rata application of the rate Mesaba agreed to which the staff applied to a reduced service level.
    • Ninety Day Notice (July 15, 2011): from MESABA AVIATION, INC. and PINNACLE AIRLINES, INC. of termination of service at Alpena, MI.
    • Order 2011-9-5 (September 13, 2011): prohibiting suspension of service and requesting proposals
    • Order 2012-6-3 (June 6, 2012): extending the Essential Air Service obligation of the two wholly owned subsidiaries of Pinnacle Airlines Corporation—Mesaba Aviation, Inc. and Pinnacle Airlines, d/b/a Delta Connection at the eight communities listed below (Muscle Shoals, AL; Alpena, MI; Iron Mountain/Kingsford, MI; Brainerd, MN; International Falls, MN; Greenville, MS; Laurel/Hattiesburg, MS; Tupelo, MS) for 30 days, through, July 9, 2012.


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